Can your DPO be a member of the DPO Coalition?
Attributes
The DPO Coalition has developed a set of attributes for organisations who wish to apply join the DPO Coalition to assess themselves by. This can be downloaded here open_in_new.
Note that each DPO member of the Coalition assesses themselves against these attributes annually and presents this assessment to the other Coalition members for discussion. This ensures that each DPO continues to meet the thresholds for being a member.
What to do
Any organisation can assess whether they meet the attributes. If an organisation considers that they do, they can email the DPO Coalition Secretariat and:
provide a short description of the role of their organisation in representing disabled people
outline why they want to join the DPO Coalition
provide | attach a detailed assessment of their organisation against each of the attributes open_in_new.
All communications to the DPO Coalition must be accessible (MS Word, font Arial minimum size 16pt).
The DPO Coalition will discuss and consider the application and may seek more information from the applying organisation. This may involve meeting with the organisation.
The applying organisation will be advised of the DPO Coalition's decision following completion of a due diligence process.
If successful, there are time commitments and obligations. Refer to the next section 'Meetings' for some guidance.
Meetings
Two members from each DPO attend the meetings: one governance member and one management level member.
Meetings occur approximately every six weeks (no more than 10 per year) and are typically held over two and a half days (Wednesday afternoon, Thursday and Friday). Some meetings are held in person, in Wellington, and some are online.
The management level members also attend regular weekly meetings to progress actions agreed to by the full DPO Coalition.
The DPO Coalition is supported by a Secretariat.